The Somerset reporter., 1887-06-15


! II our spare time. Naearoa- being -
much longer in our profession fHm H
any other, the jadci9u, 4-- of them be-
comes relatively much H5re important.
Sir thinks we ought IL MAXI j. our pIHu#
eiple To- spend then IN htu. ur Sun
thing that viii br helpfH Hiru work se-
2iu- again. II need III be u o., Iur #
study always. y re>srfe f4r- IF HsaHH
and energy and good spirit uay be- Ia-f
H. valuable.
Idbltha nodded.
"Ihauk YOU Van for helpu. me oat
With my argument Harriet practice
bears out her preaching as Happen -
know. ! remember her -ayiu. to M
once, apropos of TN, very subject Of
clothes. 4 N not ashamed ~ say / cant
afford the money To buy handsome dres.-
- Why should hesitate to say ! ean.t
Afford the time 10 maxi my dresses up
handsomely; Ny tim and strength ar
more valuable 10 me than tu u,y mahr
poor bargain If 10 sate money Na~fe
inc If there /, anything / am heartily
glad 10 p Y out money for il is leisure
+ Aud 50, from tire very tr>t, Harriet madc
/ il point never 10 have more sewing tdan
+ She could afford to hire done And the
f time the rest Of is spent with ouf ma
f
/ books; and. "a size grew more prosper
ons. for travel For year or two
/ thought She WAS making great mistake.
She used to look almost shabby when
/ met her at reunions and vet one scarcely
thought Of her clothe, after she began 10
talk->hc had 50 much 10 say that was
worth hearing But now see her, with
her nine hundred Il ycal and eNpcn,, :. be-
sides the dignity of a seminary position
j Oh, tell You, girls, teaching j. just like
any other business it pays to put capital
into it, even If You have to >crimp
i Yourself in other WaNs for awhile.
1t sounds very line. Kitty said, hut
| don't believe could ever make up my
mind to spend Tie pfettiest years Of my
/ life booking like a fright, And plain
dressing was always more becoming to
Harriet, anyway. than ANYTHING else
would have been
The others laughed outright.
kitty is Joined to her idols" Nan said
we shall have to let her alone"
"Ifut practically, what do you plan To
do yoursclf;' questioned Nan
Il plan not To take Il single stitch this
summer that Isn't absolutely necessary.
| suppose | shall Keep the buttons on my
boots, and don't mean to let the tradi-
tioual hole in my stocking lose me a pos
siblc hu>han and before the Glh of sep
temhcr | must patch my blue flannel
sleeves. But | intend to resist the lenp-
tatiun to make over and rcjuvcnatc and
add little here and take away a little
there | shall steel my heart to the fas-
cinationS of all those washgOOdS that it
takes So little money To buy and 50 much
/ time to make uP-and do up shall say
/ Il leo q :
| find mOuotouy in my wardrobe more
painful than monotony i'll my occupation.
| shall ignore my dressmakcr'> >aggtS-
ton that ought TO let down my Walking
skirt an inch because they are wearing
them long this summer. She must be
content with my having taken it up an
inch last summer because the were Wear
iu4 them short Maybe can't keep up
lhi, Spartan policy, but mean to give it
a trial. My friends can put up with my
humble wardrobe if can 'ludeed'-
with miScheVous glance at Kitty
don't believe | shall cau>c them half the
Wearnc~S rs if ! WIS To emulate Soloman
in all his glory and make Il success Of
ii
As the vacation W. K, went by NJ =
CarcW found even more than She had eN-
pectcd to try her purpose. 1t cost her Il
pan4 to fOrrgo the embroidered raYucts
fo her tennis suit, but she was more
than compensated by the delight of an
aftcrnood with her long neglected CORE.
epondcntS. Her old olive silk would have
combined as taste 'nlly with foHlard a.
kittys garnet, and she could have afford
ed the material well enough but not the
six days to make it, she : nd resn-
lutely to herself, and went. instead, for Il